Hotels of Las Vegas

1. Visit mid-week. Hotel rooms often cost three to four times as much on the weekends as during the week! Plus, with weekend crowds you’ll wait in line for everything. Mid-week visitors save tons of money and have a much better time.
2. Get a player’s card. Go to the Player’s Club desk at any casino you visit and sign up for a free player’s card, even if you don’t plan to gamble there. Then the casino will mail you offers for discounted or even free rooms on your next visit.
3. Don’t lose your shirt. Don’t bet more than you can afford to lose. Set a budget for each playing session and if you lose it, stop playing.
4. Don’t play slot machines. They suck your money away hand over fist. See our crash course on table games to have a much better chance of winning.
5. Tip the dealers $5/hr. and the cocktail waitresses $1 every drink or two.
6. Ask for comps. When you play either slots or table games the casino will reward you with buffets, show tickets, or room discounts. Ask at the player’s club booth (slot players) or at the tables (table players) for how to claim your goodies. (more on comps)
7. Use the buses. The #108 goes from the airport to the Stratosphere and then to downtown, for only $1.25 — or pay $2.50 for a Day Pass and then ride the Deuce for only 50¢. The Deuce runs the whole strip and to & from downtown for only $2.00, or $5.00 for 24-hour all-you-can-ride pass, or only 50¢ if you got a day pass from the #108 bus.
8. Don’t try to get taxis on the strip. Taxis can’t stop directly on the strip; that’s why they’re passing you by. Go to the taxi area of the hotel to get one. Up to 4 people ride for the same price as 1; if there’s just 2 of you, don’t be afraid to yell out, “Anyone want to split a cab to [some casino]?” It doesn’t just save money, it’s eco-friendly.
9. Walk. The whole strip is four miles long and you could walk the whole thing in an hour and a half. When there’s traffic it’s the fastest way to get around.
10. Get Half-Price Show Tickets. You can get half-price tickets for most Vegas shows at one of the three booths on the Strip (just S. of the Riviera, outside the Fashion Show Mall across from the Wynn, and in the Hawaiian Marketplace across from the Monte Carlo), or downtown (outside the Four Queens).
11. Bank your winnings. Set aside half your win when you win big, and never gamble it, so you have a guaranteed win.

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